@PAHoyeck I think what the argument boils down to, is that we all know Christianity is true when we hear it. So if you're not a Christian, but you're willing to consider Christianity, pray to the God you really know is there, and hope he helps you come to faith in him.
Dear Christians, in case it is relevant to you or someone you know:
If human beliefs are fallible, that applies to the human belief that the Bible (the Church, Pope, etc.) is infallible.
Even if the Bible IS infallible, your BELIEF in it is not.
Application: if reason or evidence challenges your belief in a divine source, you should NOT automatically subject your evidence to [your prior belief in] that source.
Privileging one fallible belief over all others is epistemically bad practice. The habit leads you to be a prisoner of whoever can convince you that THEY speak for God (even *if* they do).
#Christianity#Atheism
Christian Answers: Why does God allow suffering? This is a great 21 minute presentation that answers our question. Join the conversation! Atheists, do you think God is right to allow suffering?
https://t.co/fmQOR8Zg0V
@RandalRauser Randal, I love you. Please do better. Nowhere did I claim “gay people are disordered”. You are publicly misrepresenting me. Intrinsically non-procreative sex *acts* and *desires* are disordered in the sense that they are directed away from the good — they’re morally misdirected.
If you have 11 hours of free time today, here’s my comprehensive case for Catholic miracles (and various non-Catholic ones, too). The evidence is stronger than you might think! Enjoy❤️🔥
https://t.co/GPhT9tDg8o
This point isn’t brought up nearly enough, but Joe is exactly right. On naturalism there’s no reason to think our moral intuitions would be in accord with moral facts because evolution isn’t about morality… it’s about survival. Honey bees, badgers, ants, lions… these all have wildly different survival strategies and social instincts that humans would find abhorrent, but that’s just because we evolved differently… not because what they do actually IS abhorrent.
In other words, if you believe that you have accurate moral intuitions, you shouldn’t be a naturalist.
The good news is that whereas the Democrats discredited government by either technocratic liberal elites or woke fanatics, and the establishment GOP discredited government by right-liberals and neocons, MAGA has now discredited government by populist yahoos and personality cults. So that’s progress. And of course, the twentieth century had already discredited government by fascists, communists, and socialists.
Now all that is needed is to disabuse people of the ridiculous idea that these exhaust the alternatives.
Why I Am Catholic, Joe Schmid, Atheism, and Protestantism https://t.co/temQTN18PF
Angels are cheering that @majestyofreason has returned to the #CatholicChurch! I also returned 4 years ago - with many good reasons.
I'll respond to Protestant arguments too. LIVE in a few minutes.